Black Lake (1969) choreography by Erick Hawkins; music by Lucia Dlugoszewski; sets by Ralph Dorazio

This performance: 1987 Joyce Theater, NY, NY Dancers: Erick Hawkins, Cynthia Reynolds, Laura Wright, Gloria McLean, Katherine Duke, Mariko Tanabe, Randy Howard, Daniel Tai Erick Hawkins Theatre Orchestra sun setting (Gloria) night people (Cynthia, Randy, Mariko, Daniel) first star (Laura) night birds (Randy Howard and Daniel Tai) moon and clouds (Cindy Reynolds as moon, Laura and Mariko clouds) comet longhair (Katherine) thunder and lightning (Gloria with ERICK HIMSELF as thunder) big bear, little bear, bears (Cynthia and Randy) milky way (ensemble) And the extraordinary music of Lucia Dlugoszewski! Black Lake - the metaphor of the night sky. Such an extraordinary way to present these natural images through ritualized poetic evocation rather than some kind of corny representationalism…. (Erick always tried to avoid what he called “naive realism”.)